NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 19/09/2025A few weeks ago, one of our graduate students Mary Gardella went out with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for her thesis work. Mary is using passive acoustic telemetry to track the movement of Bluntnose stingrays in the Indian River Lagoon, FL. 2124
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025For the past few weeks, our PI Dr. Kerstetter, graduate student Alexia Hilber, and undergraduate students ventured to the Galápagos Islands as a research trip for their Ecology of the Galápagos Islands class. (1/3) 131
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025And that’s a wrap for Tortuga Music Festival 2025! Huge thank you to Rock The Ocean for hosting this incredible event that allows us to share our research with the community. We are so grateful for this partnership! We had nearly 500 guests visit the booth. Hope you all had as much fun as we did! 💙🌊 011
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025We had WAY too much fun setting up our booth in preparation for Tortuga this weekend. Want to find out what the pool is for? You’ll have to stop by!!! We can’t wait to see you 🌊🌴🎶 031
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Here are some more fun posters and great work from the 2025 Undergraduate Student Symposium! 020
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The 2025 Undergraduate Student Symposium was a success! Congratulations to two of our awesome undergrad researchers, Kevin Rafferty and Katie McKimmy, for presenting their hard work yesterday! 122
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Tortuga through the years! 🌊🌴☀️ Did you know the lab has hosted a booth at Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival for multiple years in a row? We are so honored to have been invited back for another year - and it’s just 10 days away! 173
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Four-leaf clover or parasite? 🤔 Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the fish and bird lab! Pictured is a tapeworm called Rhinebothrium that was found in a stingray by MSMS student Sarah Sargent who is studying the parasite communities of two stingray species! 🍀 011
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Great news! 🌊 Our lab is partnering with Rock The Ocean for Tortuga Music Festival 2025! Here is a thread to learn about this collaboration. 122
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Congratulations to Shelby Boyles, who presented her current thesis work at day 2 of the HCAS Research Graduate Symposium last week! The Preferred Menu of Two Stingrays: A Wide Selection of Small Invertebrates and More 053
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Day 1 of the HCAS Research Graduate Symposium was a success! Congratulations to our 3 lab members who presented yesterday. Good luck to Shelby Boyles who presents her stingray diet content work today at 10:00 am! 0184
Reposted by NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology LabJordan Zulli @jordanzulli.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Today marks 10 years of celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩🏼🔬🐟🦈🌊 So grateful for the opportunities I have been blessed with and the amazing women I have had the privilege of working with. 031
Reposted by NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology LabDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025The Next Generation of Black Women in Marine Sciencebuff.lyThe Next Generation of Black Women in Marine ScienceBlack in Marine Science and The Nature Conservancy team up to give a group of students a week of scuba diving, marine science lessons and cultural experiences in St. Croix. 09626
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Today marks 10 years of celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day that highlights the vitals roles that women play in STEM fields. We take this opportunity to thank the women that have contributed to the advancement of marine science and paved the way for future generations. 011
Reposted by NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology LabDavid Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 01/02/2025A nice thread (with graphic images warning!) about the research that we can do in my lab with the occasional beach wash-up of a dead elasmobranch. Best part, though, is getting to work with the NSU grad and undergrad students... seriously, look at those smiles! 1174
Reposted by NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology LabDavid Kerstetter, Ph.D. @fishguydave.bsky.social · 01/02/2025minor erratum: yes, sphyrnids have *scroll* valves, not spiral - same basic idea about maximizing surface area, but different structure. Anyway, here are some of those cestodes found in that scroll valve yesterday: 032
Reposted by NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology LabThe Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Very sad, but informative, thread about important opportunistic #shark science action! 011
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Yesterday our lab PI got a call from Hollywood about a large great hammerhead (GHH) shark on the beach... and do we want it for the lab? Not the first time we've gotten calls like this! Here is a short thread about what fish biologists can do with even a dead animal. (Warning: graphic images) 1/11 22310
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 31/01/2025We are only one month into the year and we’ve already had students present at two different conferences! Congratulations to Sarah Sargent who presented her research at the International Symposium of Fish Parasitology this past week in Mexico. 121
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Wow! Our students never cease to amaze us! Alexia Hilber was awarded Best MS-level Student Oral Presentation at the Waterbird Society-Pacific Seabird Group meeting for her work on endoparasites of the invasive gray-headed swamphen, advised by Dr. Chris Blanar and Dr. Dave Kerstetter. 074
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Congratulations to Trinity Loftis and Alexia Hilber for presenting their research at the Waterbird Society-Pacific Seabird Group meeting! Incredible work ladies! 🪶🪱 Huge thank you to Rock the Ocean for supporting our research through funding. We couldn’t do it without this great organization! 🌊 062
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 16/12/2024HUGE congratulations to lab graduate TJ Morrell who had his thesis manuscript highlighted as the Feature Article in the Bulletin of Marine Science. His work focused on the quantification of “observer effect” in the United States Atlantic pelagic longline fishery. 🦈 1198
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Karli Corey, who defended her thesis last Friday (see previous post), was featured on Rock the Ocean’s Instagram! Her entire project was funded by Rock the Ocean. Check out the post here:👇🏻👇🏻 www.instagram.com/p/DDex0Uhy-v...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 032
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Congratulations to Karli Corey for defending her thesis this past Friday: Metabolic Response of the Code Goby (Gobiosoma robustum) to Estuarine Climate Change Forecasts. We are so proud of your hard work! Such a great week of defenses! 💙🩵 092
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Congratulations to Mariah France for defending her thesis on Monday: Understanding Bigeye Scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) in Southeast Florida: Age-growth, Reproduction, and Diet We are so proud of you! 🌊 031
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024It’s that time of year! #D🤺 Congratulations to Ben Share who defended his thesis on Monday: Comparing Metabolism and Hypoxia Tolerance of Native and Non-Native Florida Freshwater Fishes in Climate Change Scenarios The lab has been so lucky to have you! 🐟 051
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Happy World Fisheries Day! Today and everyday, our lab highlights the critical importance of sustainable fisheries. Through studies analyzing gear type to reduce bycatch to general life history assessments of overfished populations, we are pushing for a healthier and well-managed ocean. 021
NSU Fisheries and Avian Ecology Lab @nsufishnbirdlab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Welcome to NSU’s Fish and Bird Lab (PI @fishguydave.bsky.social) where our mission is to provide high quality and applied and basic research on coastal and pelagic fishes and birds that supports management and conservation in the marine environment🌊🦈🐠🪶 053